Maybe just me, but after watching the wanted section and trying to find parts for years, have come to the conclusion the guys with the old pumps and parts are either just not here anymore or dying out.
Watching some of this and then finding that it is easier just to ask Scobie for a part to have remade or whatever. Ron will not be here forever, but hope he will. Newer pumps seem to be able to find parts, but older ones just go begging. No more fast answers from the guys here because either their numbers are going down quick or there is just a lack of knowledge. Restoration either full blown or just to make it look original is just about finding all the parts. Are the older pumps just in that many collections and the guys just not going on here or the other side to answer?
Need to have a ability to get some motivation by the more knowledgeable collectors again somehow.
We all can't travel across the USA to go to a swap meet in center of the country. Maybe someone can suggest another venue for finding parts.
